Chevy managed to combine eight-cylinder performance with family-friendly practicality, way before it was cool.

Compared to the $40k, 415-hp Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT-8, the $31,180, 391-hp TrailBlazer SS seems like something of a steal but if ever there was a time to heed the old saying “You pays for what ...

Chevrolet and GM decided to discontinue the original TrailBlazer in order to focus on trucks and crossovers, but the name ...

2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer SS - Blazin’ Brute Keeping it stock was blown to pieces for this 11-second daily-driven Trailblazer SS D.J. Randall Writer Sep 19, 2013 ...

In TrailBlazer SS guise, the engine is Miss Manners with a cup of decaf chai-smooth idle, refined throttle tip-in, and a tell-no-tales exhaust burble. Until you slide past 4000 rpm.

As for the engines, it was available with both an inline-six 4.2-liter making 273 horsepower and V8s ranging from a 302 hp 5.3-liter all the way up to 6-liter LS2 at 394 hp in the Trailblazer SS.

Quick Drive: 2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer SS. Matt Stone Writer Jul 20, 2007. See All 4 Photos. ... Bottom Line:;An old-school motor in an old-school truck platform, but it's sure fun to push around.

Under the carbon fiber hood of this 2006 Chevy TrailBlazer SS, we find a turbocharged 6.6L V8 stuffed with air thanks to an 80mm Borg Warner snail and exhaling through a 5-inch downpipe.